2017-06 Eclipse Sound, Nunavut with Black Feather

  • Ice Crack
    Ice Crack
    Another of the wide cracks.
    Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada. June 3, 2017
    2017-06-03#1511
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ice Crack
    Ice Crack
    Wide and unusually straight.
    Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada. June 3, 2017
    2017-06-03#1514
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lounge & Cook Domes
    Lounge & Cook Domes
    We had to move the domes when we arrived due to meltwater around the edges.
    Ice Camp, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada. June 3, 2017
    2017-06-03#1520
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tents
    Tents
    We had to set up 3 more of these small tents after arriving.
    Ice Camp, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 3, 2017
    2017-06-03#1521
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Eider
    Common Eider
    Somateria mollissima, female.
    Floe Edge, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 4, 2017
    2017-06-04#1535
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Eiders
    King Eiders
    Somateria spectabilis - male & female.
    Floe Edge, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 4, 2017
    2017-06-04#1546
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Button Point
    Button Point
    Whaler's paid a tax here in the past.
    Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 4, 2017
    2017-06-04#1550
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Floe Edge
    Floe Edge
    Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 4, 2017
    2017-06-04#1556
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper
    Semipalmated Sandpiper
    Calidris pusilla - best guess id.  If correct, the bird is a bit out of normal range.
    Floe Edge, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 4, 2017
    2017-06-04#8736
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canada Geese
    Canada Geese
    Branta canadensis
    Floe Edge, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 4, 2017
    2017-06-04#8737
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Long-tailed Duck
    Long-tailed Duck
    Clangula hyemalis, male.
    Floe Edge, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 4, 2017
    2017-06-04#8755
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Long-tailed Ducks
    Long-tailed Ducks
    Clangula hyemalis - feeding at the ice edge.
    Floe Edge, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 4, 2017
    2017-06-04#8831
    Larry L. Jackson